pat's dumplings

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons shortening
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup water

Recipe

• mix together flour and salt. cut shortening into flour/salt mixture using a pastry blender, fork or two knives. stir in water to form a soft dough.
• on a floured surface, roll out dough very thin with a rolling pin. cut into 1 inch wide strips (i use a pizza cutter, but a sharp knife works also). tear 1 inch long pieces of dough from these strips and drop into simmering broth.
• cook 10 minutes with the pot lid off, then 10 minutes more with the lid on. serve with the broth and chicken meat, if using.